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单词 shrunken
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Shrunken
vverb.changewither, as with a loss of moisture
Synset:shrink shrivel shrivel up wither
Examples:
  • The fruit dried and shriveled
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveldecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:atrophyblastdie backdie downdry upmummify
Full Troponyms:atrophyblastdie backmummify
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.motiondraw back, as with fear or pain
Synset:cringe flinch funk quail recoil shrink squinch wince
Examples:
  • she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Derivationally Related Form:winceflinch
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:flinchmove
Direct Hyponyms:retractshrink back
Full Troponyms:shrink back
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.changereduce in size; reduce physically
Synset:reduce shrink
Examples:
  • Hot water will shrink the sweater
  • Can you shrink this image?
Derivationally Related Form:shrinkingreductionshrinkage
Hypernyms:decrease lessen minify
Inherited Hypernyms:shrinkdecreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:contractdepopulatedesolatedownsizeminiaturiseminiaturizereducereefscale down
Causes:contract shrink
Full Troponyms:contractdepopulatedownsizeminiaturizepursereducereef
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome smaller or draw together
Synset:contract shrink
Examples:
  • The fabric shrank
  • The balloon shrank
Antonyms:expandstretch
Derivationally Related Form:shrinkagecontraction
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shrinkdecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:flex
Full Troponyms:flex
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | These fabrics --- easily (apply to: shrink)
vverb.changedecrease in size, range, or extent
Synset:shrink shrivel
Examples:
  • His earnings shrank
  • My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
Derivationally Related Form:shrinking
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shrinkdecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Their earnings --- this year (apply to: shrivel, shrink)
adj satadj.alllean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Synset:shriveled shrivelled withered wizen wizened
Examples:
  • the old woman's shriveled skin
  • he looked shriveled and ill
  • a shrunken old man
  • a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie
  • he did well despite his withered arm
  • a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
Antonyms:fat
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveled
Similar to:lean thin
adj satadj.allreduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
Synset:shriveled shrivelled
Examples:
  • our shriveled receipts during the storm
  • as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled
  • the dollar's shrunken buying power
Antonyms:increased
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveled
Similar to:decreased reduced
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